Vintage 1960 photograph of Ferrari 250 GT SWB Bertone S/N 1739GT

This is a vintage 1960 Bertone press photos of one of the very few Ferrari's for which Bertone designed the bodywork.

It shows the car in its original 1960 guise which also shows some details which have changed over time (3 lug spinners instead of 2 lug spinners originally, details of the chrome side trim, side markers etc.).

The car was originally built for the Geneva Salon of March 1960 and survives to this day in Mexico.

The photo measures some 24 x 18 cm or 9.5 x 7 inches.

It is in excellent condition and carries the Carrozzeria Bertone stamp + a short caption on the back.

This is a vintage print, i.e. printed shortly after the original image was captured on film.

This photo was taken after the Dino 246 Sport of Giorgio Scarlatti and Giulio Cabianca caught fire during an early pitstop in the hunt for victory during the 1960 running of the Nurburgring 1000 KM on May 22, 1960 and shows the still smoldering wreckage of the car.

After this incident, the factory-entered car went back to the factory and was scrapped after which Ferrari built a new car using this chassisnumber which survives to this day.